On: How the US defense secretary circumvents official DoD communications equipment

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> The Times sued to get Von der Leyen to share information

...and failed

> To my knowledge, SecDef isn't subject to FOIA in a meaningful way

...and as it turned out, neither is VdL.

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The case didn't succeed in producing the records. But the process uncovered a lot of shit.

But again, you're comparing non-disclosure to irresponsible disclosure. VdL didn't send highly sensitive scramble times to a rando.

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(With apologies if this appears provocative)

Is there evidence that SECDEF 'acted with criminal intent'?

We've already clarified that '[being] extremely careless' is not enough for a court case.

[I have a mental picture of a Venn diagram with three circles: "Politicians", "Idiots" and "Criminals"...]

[JumpCrisscross → logifail]

> Is there evidence that SECDEF 'acted with criminal intent'?

Tough to say if there’s no investigation!

> We've already clarified that '[being] extremely careless' is not enough for a court case

Investigation.